On-the-ground reporting by Robert Wells on the DEA’s failed scramble to reschedule kratom

Most importantly, there’s an update on the 2016 Orange County GOP fire, which we’ve discussed before. Although there have been no further arrests in the matter, local activist Katie Yow has received, and refused, a grand jury summons, apparently in connection. Grand juries are a legal mechanism to maneuver around the right to remain silent, and are powerful tools of state repression, so it’s great that she is resisting. For more information and updates, and donations, visit: